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You
Want Treatment? |
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I have to confess I have been worried about
this term ‘treatment’ because what exactly does it
mean? Clearly, it means different things to different people
[the prof speaks out] |
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National
Tackling Drugs Awareness Week |
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The aim of this week is to: raise awareness
of work undertaken by agencies (DAATs, CDRPs, neighbourhood policing
teams and police forces) - Tackle drugs and reduce drug-related
crime in communities across the country - And to highlight the
wide ranging activities and services available [NTA, UK] |
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National
Tackling Drugs Week - 19-23 May 2008 |
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With links to: Key Messages - What You Can
Do - Tackling Drugs Day 2007 Events - Tackling Drugs Week Posters
- Contacts for Support [Home Office, UK] |
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Tackling
drugs |
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Prevention, support and enforcement are the
three pillars of reducing the harm caused by illicit drug use,
says Minister for Social Justice and Local Government Dr Brian
Gibbons [National Assembly Government, Wales, UK] |
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Pressing
need for tackling drug and alcohol problems |
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No quick fix but education and services are
key, says Dr Tony Jewel, Chief Medical Officer for Wales [icWales,
UK] |
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Advisory
Council appoints new chair |
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Professor David Nutt has been appointed chair
designate until 1 November 2008 when he will take up the appointment
until 2011 [Home Office, UK] |
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New
drugs czar wants ecstasy downgraded |
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The man appointed head of the advisory council
for the misuse of drugs once called for ecstasy to be downgraded
to a class B drug, politics.co.uk can exclusively reveal [politics.co.uk] |
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Funding
to tackle Hepatitis C |
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Raise awareness through education and prevention
work to reduce the transmission of the disease, particularly
amongst injecting drug users [Scottish Government, UK] |
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Alcohol
units: How they all add up |
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Units calculator [Know Your Limits, UK] |
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Scepticism
over alcohol awareness messages as national campaign launches |
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A number of reports and medical professionals
have recently raised further questions over the effectiveness
of campaigns warning against the risks of excessive drinking
[Alcohol Policy, UK] |
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HSE
plans shock tactics to scare teenagers off alcohol |
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The campaign will use shock TV ads -- similar
to those used in drink driving ads -- to appeal to young people
to abstain from alcohol until they are 18 and not to binge drink
[Irish Independent] |
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Teachers
TV: |
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Drugs
Education |
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Tackling
Drugs |
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Dealing
with Drugs - Damage Limitation |
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Alcohol
Stories |
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Booze – The
Young Person’s Guide |
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Drugs
and the Brain |
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Pair
jailed for overdose death |
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The mother and half-sister of a 16-year-old
girl who died of a heroin overdose when they failed to call an
ambulance were jailed yesterday [Independent, UK] |
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Devon & Cornwall
police launch 'Be Safe' drug advice cards |
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Police are launching a new advice card across
Devon and Cornwall, aiming to throw a lifeline to people with
drug and alcohol problems [CRP News, UK] |
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Ministry
of Justice Departmental Report 2007-08 |
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This is the first annual report for the Ministry
of Justice, which was created in 2007. It contains details of
how the ministry has performed against its targets and objectives
over the past year [Ministry of Justice, UK] |
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The
Chemistry of Cocaine Addiction |
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Crack, free-base, and powder [Addiction Inbox,
USA] |
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People
at risk of hepatitis urged to get tested |
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Associate Professor Edward Gane of the NZ Liver
Transplant Unit says people who have ever injected drugs using
unclean or shared equipment, or who have had tattoos or piercings
in unsterile conditions are among those at risk [MoH, New Zealand] |
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Yaba,
the 'crazy medicine' of East Asia |
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Mixed with caffeine and usually 30 per cent
methamphetamine, the drug is a central nervous system stimulant
[UNODC] |
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